Spalax istricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Spalacidae
Subfamilia: Spalacinae
Genus: Spalax
Species: Spalax istricus

Name

Spalax istricus Méhelÿ, 1909: 186

• Lectotype: HNHM 2522.4, adult indet., skin and skull. [designated by Csorba & Demeter (1991: 83)]
• Type locality: “Barza, Horesu Poenar, Prundu” restricted by lectotype designation to “Barza, near Krajova”, Romania, by Csorba & Demeter (1991: 83).

References

Primary references

• Méhelÿ, L. 1909. Species generis Spalax. A földi kutyák fajai származás és rendszertani tekintetben. Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Kiadásia: Budapest. 353 pp. Reference page. 
• Csorba, G. & Demeter, A. 1991. Annotated list of type specimens of recent mammals in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 6: 77–85. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Németh, A., Homonnay, Z.G., Krízsik, V., Csorba, M., Pavlíček, T., Hegyeli, Z., Hadid, Y., Sugár, S., Farkas, J. & Csorba, G. 2013. Old views and new insights: taxonomic revision of the Bukovina blind mole rat, Spalax graecus (Rodentia: Spalacinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169(4): 903–914. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12081 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Oltenia Blind Mole-rat